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Flexport Inc. said Monday it inked a $935 million Series E funding round led by Andreessen Horowitz and MSD Partners in a deal that values the San Francisco-based logistics software company at about $8 billion. Other investors include Shopify , and existing partners DST Global, Founders Fund, SoftBank Vision Fund 1, and Kevin Kwok. Flexport founder and CEO Ryan Petersen said the investment "signals that the market recognizes the need for a tech-enabled logistics ecosystem that has the visibility... Читать дальше...

Energizer Holdings Inc. shares jumped 5.6% in premarket trade Monday, after the battery maker blew past earnings estimates for its fiscal first quarter. Energizer posted net income of $60.0 million, or 83 cents a share, for the quarter to Dec. 31, down from $67.1 million, or 91 cents a share, in the year-earlier period. Adjusted per-share earnings came to $1.03, ahead of the 94 cent FactSet consensus. Sales fell to $846.3 million from $848.6 million a year ago, comfortably ahead of the $811.0 million FactSet consensus. Читать дальше...

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Spirit Airlines Inc. and Frontier Group Holdings Inc. said Monday they have agreed to merge in a cash-and-stock deal valued at $6.6 billion including net debt and operating lease liabilities. Under the terms of the deal, Spirit shareholders will receive 1.9126 Frontier shares plus $2.13 in cash for each share owned, equal to a value of $25.83 per Spirit share at Frontier's closing stock price on Friday. That is equal to a premium of 19% over Spirit's closing price Friday and a 26% premium over... Читать дальше...

Shares of Hasbro Inc. rallied 2.2% in premarket trading Monday, after the toy maker reported fourth-quarter profit that revenue that beat expectations, boosted by strength in its entertainment segment, and raised its dividend by 2.9%. Net income fell to $82.2 million, or 59 cents a share, from $105.2 million, or 76 cents a share, in the year-ago period. Excluding nonrecurring items, such as a charge for the company's investment in the Discovery Family Channel and stock compensation expenses,... Читать дальше...

Frontier to buy Spirit Airlines at 19% premium to Friday's close

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Futures point to weaker Wall Street start ahead of busy earnings week

The U.S. is still averaging close to 2,600 COVID deaths a day, according to a New York Times tracker, up 18% from two weeks ago and the highest toll since last winter and above the peak surge in the fall when delta was dominant. Cases, now that the highly infectious omicron variant is dominant, have fallen steeply from their January peak, however, and are averaging 295,922 a day, down 57% from two weeks ago. Hospitalizations are down 23% from two weeks ago at 121,600 a day on average. In Canada... Читать дальше...

U.S. stock futures edged lower on Monday, as investors braced for a massive wave of earnings releases as well as key inflation data this week.

Investors pulled the most money last week from a popular high-yield bond fund since the coronavirus crisis first landed in the U.S.

If Ford really wanted to celebrate the Bronco that America remembers, it needed to lift it and put a set of ridiculous tires on. Enter the Ford Bronco Raptor.

Despite giving customers about $16.4 billion in refunds in the pandemic, a variety of factors have created the perfect storm for an auto insurance price bump.

The electric car maker will spend the rest of this year focused on keeping production of its current products as high as possible.

The income-driven repayment forgiveness plan sounds like a great idea, but those who do get their debt discharged will still face thousands in interest and a high tax burden

Even experienced investors might rely on maxims that are outdated and no longer serving your financial well-being.

'My late father always told my sister and me to watch out for him.'

Biotechnology is so beaten down, relative valuation metrics suggest some stocks could more than double.

Former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo and his aides are intensifying an effort to revive his public standing, including discussing how to make his first public appearance since resigning in August, according to people close to him.